Jun 21, 2005
By admin
Well, I can’t really blog about being on the road because a) Keene beat me to it, and b) I’m doing that on my own blog: http://jeff_mariotte.typepad.com/myweblog/. Anyway, my road trip is for fun, not work for a change, and the only books I’m signing are for friends and family. Not that I [...]
Well, I can't really blog about being on the road because a) Keene beat me to it, and b) I'm doing that on my own blog: http://jeff_mariotte.typepad.com/myweblog/. Anyway, my road trip is for fun, not work for a change, and the only books I'm signing are for friends and family. Not that I wouldn't mind being able to write it all off, as that is one of the writerly perks that I enjoy. But I'm gonna check Keene's website ... Read More
Jun 20, 2005
By admin
Greetings and salutations. I’m currently broadcasting from the road, somewhere between Nashville, Tennessee and Cave City, Kentucky. You see, I’m on a book tour this summer, promoting my new novels, Terminal and City of the Dead.
Ah, how romantic it must sound to you. How adventurous. Damn that Brian Keene. He gets to travel around the [...]
Greetings and salutations. I’m currently broadcasting from the road, somewhere between Nashville, Tennessee and Cave City, Kentucky. You see, I’m on a book tour this summer, promoting my new novels, Terminal and City of the Dead.Ah, how romantic it must sound to you. How adventurous. Damn that Brian Keene. He gets to travel around the country all summer long, and have fun, and do exciting things, and meet interesting people. Meanwhile, I’m stuck here at work.Well, screw you.I envy you, my friend. ... Read More
Jun 19, 2005
By admin
What follows is not the essay I had originally written for you good folk. I had prepared a neat little ode to books, a wistful appreciation of those bundles of bound pages, which, in a world as mad as ours has become, still unites us all through a common interest.
Apple Computers stopped me.
An eMac [...]
What follows is not the essay I had originally written for you good folk. I had prepared a neat little ode to books, a wistful appreciation of those bundles of bound pages, which, in a world as mad as ours has become, still unites us all through a common interest. Apple Computers stopped me.An eMac Apple computer, to be specific.8PM. It was the perfect evening--the fireflies had taken to the twilit sky outside my office window like flares seen from the seashore; ... Read More
Jun 17, 2005
By admin
Administrative note here - I’m aware there is a bit of trouble with getting the feeds to work. I’ll be looking into the issue and hopefully we’ll have them running before the weekend is up.
For those on LiveJournal, our site has been syndicated at: http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=storytellunplug
Best,Site Admin
Administrative note here - I'm aware there is a bit of trouble with getting the feeds to work. I'll be looking into the issue and hopefully we'll have them running before the weekend is up. For those on LiveJournal, our site has been syndicated at: http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=storytellunplugBest,Site Admin Read More
Jun 17, 2005
By Bev Vincent
When people who’ve known me for a while find out that I’ve published a book and am pursuing a career as a writer, one question usually comes up before long: When are you quitting your day job?
This question brings assumptions with it, whether or not the person asking it realizes as much. First, there’s an [...]
When people who’ve known me for a while find out that I’ve published a book and am pursuing a career as a writer, one question usually comes up before long: When are you quitting your day job?This question brings assumptions with it, whether or not the person asking it realizes as much. First, there’s an assumption that if I’ve published a book that’s in all the bookstores in the country and in libraries, continues to have good Amazon rankings, was reviewed in ... Read More
Jun 16, 2005
By admin
The way a story evolves is never quite the same from novel to novel — my first novel arrived after five years of thinking about it, scribbling bits of it on old envelopes and on notepads that then went on to vanish in my travels. When I finally sat down to write my first [...]
The way a story evolves is never quite the same from novel to novel -- my first novel arrived after five years of thinking about it, scribbling bits of it on old envelopes and on notepads that then went on to vanish in my travels. When I finally sat down to write my first novel, called Goat Dance, it took about six weeks for the first draft, and I was finished with the second two weeks later. ... Read More
Jun 15, 2005
By admin
Take 30 authors, editors, booksellers, and readers in the horror and dark fantasy fields. Give them a virtual home with plenty of room to write. Tell them you want informative, interesting posts about the writing life, the publishing business, the horror genre, and their work in general. Turn them loose on the world and what [...]
Take 30 authors, editors, booksellers, and readers in the horror and dark fantasy fields. Give them a virtual home with plenty of room to write. Tell them you want informative, interesting posts about the writing life, the publishing business, the horror genre, and their work in general. Turn them loose on the world and what do you get?www.storytellersunplugged.comWelcome to our corner of the internet. We hope you will join us daily as some of the best and brightest stars in the genre ... Read More
